Shoe-fastening



(No Model.)

J. SOHOONMAKER. SHOE FASTENING.

No. 421,321. Patented Feb. 11,1890).

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SCHOONMAKER, OF HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,321, dated February11, 1890.

" Application filed August 7, 1889. Serial No. 320,052. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SCHOONMAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Honesdale, in the county of \Vayne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShoe-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to zi-gzaglace-fastenings for shoes, and will befirst particularly described in connection with the drawings, and thenclearly pointed out in the claim.

.Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing my inventionapplied; Fig. 2, a detail view of the lace knotted at one end andprovided with a snap-ring at the other; Fig. 3, a detail perspectiveview of the button; Fig. 4,, a similar view of the hook-fastener:

In. the drawings, A represents a shoe, and B the buttons arrangedthereon in alternating position for a zigzag run of the lace O.

D is the device on which the knotted end of the lace is secured, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and E the snap-ring on the other end ofthe lace for slipping over the lowest button on the shoe.

The button B is constructed with the round head b, to prevent the lacefrom working off, the central shank b to take the strain of the lace andhold it in place, the stop-plate b to fiton the outside of the leather,and the eyelet b which is arranged on one side of the center of theplate 19 The fastener D consists of the eyelet d, by which it is securedto the leather, the disk (1, which rests on top of the leather, and thehook. (P, which is formed with a deep narrow cavity for the reception ofthe lace O. The eyelets on button and hook pass through the leather andare upset on the under side in the usual way.

I am aware that lacing-studs have been made with a spherical head havinga circular hole, also with an eyelet under a hook-head;

but I only desire to secure protection on the particular construction ofmy lacing stud or button, and the Way in which I combine the ring,lacing stud, and fastener with the lace.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is g A. lace fastening shoebutton B, consisting of theconcentric head and stopplate I) Z), the central connecting-shank Z),and the eyelet b arranged eccentrically on the under side of plate 6 asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v I JOHN SGHOONMAKER. \Vitnesses:

J. M. BAUMAN,

WILLIAM Porrnn.

